The FCT Well being Insurance coverage Scheme has surpassed the enrolment targets set by the Well being Companies and Surroundings Secretariat for 2024.
The Mandate Secretary of the FCT-HSES, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, introduced this after a highway stroll organised by the FHIS to commemorate Common Healthcare Protection Day 2024 in Abuja.
An announcement issued by the FHIS Public Relations Officer, David Barau, on Friday famous that UHC goals to make sure nobody is left behind, notably the poor and weak.
Dr Fasawe, who was represented by the Everlasting Secretary of HSES, Dr Baba-Gana Adam, said that the FHIS had been tasked with reaching 100,000 enrollees over 4 years, with an annual goal of 25,000 enrollees.
Nonetheless, they’ve exceeded this goal by 11,000.
“The goal we got for the Federal sector was 25,000 per yr. Between January and November 2024, the FHIS enroled 36,000 individuals, exceeding the goal by 11,000. We’re nonetheless counting, as right now is the twelfth of December 2024. The purpose of UHC is to make sure that nobody, notably the poor and weak, is left behind,” Fasawe defined.
She added that with a longtime necessary authorized framework, the FHIS is on observe to fulfill its goal for casual sector enrolment. The Minister of the FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has cleared all excellent funds to Well being Upkeep Organisations.
“Now we have by no means had it so good underneath this administration. All claims from our HMOs and well being amenities have been paid. Conferences have been held with stakeholders, together with the HMOs and our amenities. Now we have already accredited the cost for the primary quarter of 2025. With the backlogs cleared, we’re transferring ahead to fulfil the Minister’s promise,” she famous.
Earlier, the Appearing Director of FHIS, Dr Salamatu Belgore, offered the UHC Day name to motion letter to Dr Fasawe for transmission to the FCT Minister.
She confused that healthcare is a elementary human proper, not a privilege.
“UHC implies that everybody has entry to the total vary of high quality well being companies they want, when and the place they want them, with out monetary hardship,” she stated.
She additional defined that within the final 20 years, international monetary safety has worsened, with 2 billion individuals experiencing monetary hardship, and 1.3 billion being pushed into poverty as a result of well being bills.
“In Nigeria, out-of-pocket spending stays excessive, constantly over 75 per cent for the previous 4 years,” she said.
Belgore highlighted that the decision to motion letter included proposals for offering a authorized framework for the FCT Well being Insurance coverage Company Institution Act, digital improvements, funding in public well being infrastructure, revitalisation of PHCs, and the availability of fairness funding — two per cent from the Consolidated Income Fund of the FCT — for enrolling the poor and weak, in addition to addressing the human assets for well being hole.